Tue Jan 29, 2008 6:01PM7 comments ›
Tue Jan 29, 2008 — by Rick Marshall
Warren Ellis on Transmetropolitan: The Movie?
Tim Roth = Spider Jerusalem? Don't hold your breath...
During a recent appearance in the Something Awful forums, writer Warren Ellis fielded some questions from members about the possibility of a film based on one of his most most popular series, Transmetropolitan.
The forums require a paid subscription, but the crew at Comics2Film has posted some of the highlights of the discussion, including the identity of the actor both Ellis and Transmet artist Darick Robertson would like to see don the red-and-green glasses of the series' main character.
Q: More generally, who do you have in mind doing Spider so that it gets "done right"? A: Darick and I both favour the idea of Tim Roth playing Spider. Ellis also dismisses the rumor that Patrick Stewart, a fan of the series, will play the role of Spider in any form whatsoever.
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Comments (7)
Bill Spangler (7:32 PM on Tue Jan 29, 2008)
I suppose Patrick Stewart is a bit old for the part, but I sure would've liked to have seen him tear into one of Spider's rants.
Aaron Johnson (9:35 AM on Wed Jan 30, 2008)
Stewart may be a bit old for Spider, but he's just about the right age to play Yelena's father, if the story features the latter part of the Smiler story arc.
Windwalker (4:35 AM on Thu Feb 19, 2009)
Tim roth as Spider... aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
That would be..... would be... aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
Anonymous (9:10 AM on Thu Jun 18, 2009)
I kind of pictured Johnny Depp doing it, the character is based off of Hunter S. Thompson, who he nailed when he was "Fear & Loathing...", but that won't happen because that would only make sense
danny p (5:20 AM on Tue Jul 7, 2009)
are we forgetting woody harrelson from natural born killers? I think he would have done a terrific job. spider is a non-controllable character, and i don't think that Roth is capable of doing that after his ok-but-kinda-lame job in funny games. woody, on the other hand, is quite capable of playing a semi-twisted character and take it all out.
Anonymous (10:03 PM on Thu Jul 30, 2009)
I always kind of pictured Maynard James Keenan of Tool/A Perfect Circle as Spider. I know he is not an actor but his look and voice remind me of spider. He actually did a little acting with Ed Asner in an indie movie called Sleeping Dogs Lie
http://www.sdlmovie.com/home.htm#
Anonymous (10:07 PM on Wed Sep 16, 2009)
Jackie Earle Haley would make a great Spider. He looks that part and you know he can act.